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On education policy, appeasement is about as ineffective as it is in foreign affairs. Many proponents of school choice, especially Democrats, have tried to appease teachers unions by limiting their support to charter schools while opposing private school vouchers. They hope that by sacrificing vouchers, the unions will spare charter schools from political destruction. The AP tells us that the White House reaches out to DC’s troubled schools Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the White House is reaching out to support the efforts of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and schools superintendent Michelle Rhee, who are taking aggressive steps to turn around Washington’s struggling schools. “For far too long, D.C. schools have [...] Noble Street College Prep is a remarkable example of what a school can do for kids who’ve never known success. The public high school in Chicago takes mostly poor and immigrant students. A hundred percent of the students graduate, and almost all go to some of the nation’s top colleges. So begins a report on … [...] “Obama, McCain Spar on Education,” Wall Street Journal: Following a drop in support for him in the polls among women, he called for big increases in federal school spending while vowing to “replace” bad teachers. In his remarks, Sen. Obama played to a Democratic base that is angry over the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind testing [...] |
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